Gov. Arnold in the hands of Insurance Co. money interests

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Last year, Arnold refused to consider regulation of insurance companies while pushing his workers' comp bill. And just as the gov was facing pressure to regulate insurers as part of a legislative solution, he received a $100K donation from American Financial Group -- one of the largest workers' comp insurers in California. That always helps a politician figure out what he believes. In total, he received more than $550,000 from workers' comp insurers before he signed the law.

And now that Arnold's bill is paying off for insurers, American Financial Group and its Great American Insurance subsidiary are writing checks. Last month AFG's chairman, Carl Lindner, hosted a fundraiser for Arnold in Cincinnati and donated another $279,200 this year to Arnold and his various campaigns.

Lindner, who owns major league baseball's Cincinnati Reds -- the Reds' stadium is even named Great American Ballpark after Lindner's insurance co. -- hit a homerun with the money he paid to get Arnold on the company team.
http://arnoldwatch.org/

[TheFarseer]

1. Does this $20 mil a film ass-clown not have enough money?

Didn't he run on not taking money from special interests? hypocrisy hypocrisy hypocrisy!

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2. Maria is the brain, Arnold is a pig.

[jrthin]

4. How smart is she to marry

that pig? I think she too is a pig, just disguised better.

[caligirl]

6. Oh yeah, I never understood the two.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The BS Detector was on Red Alert, Bells Ringing, Horns going AHGOOOGA

and not enough people listened. Fell for the BS and NOW LOOK, The Detector was right....and Cali is stuck with an Actor, not a Leader.

Oh well, its not the Arrow, its the Archer.

Come, we go Luau, eat poi

[TheFarseer]

5. Isn't he up for election very soon?

This year or next?

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7. Too weak for another run according to the LAT

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-golden25apr25,0,7519383.column?coll=la-home-utilities

[LiberalFighter]

8. Especially considering that there will be more lead time before General

Need to tie the Chamber and all of schwarzneggers buddies into the fiasco. They need their reputation hung out to dry so everyone doesn't go to them for help again.

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9. The teachers had a new commercial airing this past weekend

its even harder hitting than before. The Dean democracy groups and the unions allow for a better organized campaign to destroy Arnolds rep as Gov.

[LiberalFighter]

10. They need to pace themselves so they don't burn out before the election

Then again... if they take him down 1 piece at a time that would work too. But there has to be enough pieces that will make it impossible for him or repugs to reconstitute themselves.